About the Book
Horton, a running backs coach, offers a guide for football coaches on coaching running backs, and for running backs wanting to improve their skills. He outlines the eight elements of a complete running back; stances, footwork, and ball protection; open-field running and the moves and skills used to generate yards; blocking; catching passes out of the backfield, including the 15 most common pass routes; developing power, strength, speed, and agility; game-week preparation; and having a championship mindset. Throughout chapters are about 80 drills, with information on their purpose, procedure, and coaching points. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)